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Promising applications of synthetic biology – and how to avoid their potential pitfalls

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Synthetic biology is associated with great expectations as well as grave concerns. Currently, due to the small number of concrete applications, an assessment of innovations in synthetic biology has to start with an analysis of early indicators of both the opportunities and the risk-relevant features of expected applications.

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Giese, B., Wigger, H., Pade, C., von Gleich, A. (2016). Promising applications of synthetic biology – and how to avoid their potential pitfalls. In: Boldt, J. (eds) Synthetic Biology. Technikzukünfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / Futures of Technology, Science and Society. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-10988-2_13

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